MS-DRG 697Medical
Urethral Stricture
Major Diagnostic Category 11·Grouped by diagnosis·FY 2027
MS-DRG 697 is a Medical Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Group under Major Diagnostic Category 11 (MDC 11). It maps to 38 ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes. For FY 2027 it carries a relative weight of 0.9700 with a geometric mean length of stay of 2.5 days and an arithmetic mean of 3.5 days. Hospitals use this grouping to determine reimbursement for inpatient stays under Medicare.
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FY 2027 payment data
From Table 5 of the FY 2027 IPPS Final Rule (CMS).
- Relative weight:
- 0.9700 (payment multiplier vs. the average case (1.0))
- Geometric mean stay:
- 2.5 days (used for transfer payments)
- Average stay:
- 3.5 days (arithmetic mean)
- Post-acute transfer policy:
- No (not subject to it)
Diagnosis codes (38)
As the principal diagnosis, these ICD-10-CM codes can group to DRG 697. 100% of the codes listed are billable.
- N35.010Post-traumatic urethral stricture, male, meatal
- N35.011Post-traumatic bulbous urethral stricture
- N35.012Post-traumatic membranous urethral stricture
- N35.013Post-traumatic anterior urethral stricture
- N35.014Post-traumatic urethral stricture, male, unspecified
- N35.016Post-traumatic urethral stricture, male, overlapping sites
- N35.021Urethral stricture due to childbirth
- N35.028Other post-traumatic urethral stricture, female
- N35.111Postinfective urethral stricture, not elsewhere classified, male, meatal
- N35.112Postinfective bulbous urethral stricture, not elsewhere classified, male
- N35.113Postinfective membranous urethral stricture, not elsewhere classified, male
- N35.114Postinfective anterior urethral stricture, not elsewhere classified, male
- N35.116Postinfective urethral stricture, not elsewhere classified, male, overlapping sites
- N35.119Postinfective urethral stricture, not elsewhere classified, male, unspecified
- N35.12Postinfective urethral stricture, not elsewhere classified, female
- N35.811Other urethral stricture, male, meatal
- N35.812Other bulbous urethral stricture, male
- N35.813Other membranous urethral stricture, male
- N35.814Other anterior urethral stricture, male
- N35.816Other urethral stricture, male, overlapping sites
- N35.819Other urethral stricture, male, unspecified site
- N35.82Other urethral stricture, female
- N35.911Unspecified urethral stricture, male, meatal
- N35.912Unspecified bulbous urethral stricture, male
- N35.913Unspecified membranous urethral stricture, male
- N35.914Unspecified anterior urethral stricture, male
- N35.916Unspecified urethral stricture, male, overlapping sites
- N35.919Unspecified urethral stricture, male, unspecified site
- N35.92Unspecified urethral stricture, female
- N37Urethral disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
- N99.110Postprocedural urethral stricture, male, meatal
- N99.111Postprocedural bulbous urethral stricture, male
- N99.112Postprocedural membranous urethral stricture, male
- N99.113Postprocedural anterior bulbous urethral stricture, male
- N99.114Postprocedural urethral stricture, male, unspecified
- N99.115Postprocedural fossa navicularis urethral stricture
- N99.116Postprocedural urethral stricture, male, overlapping sites
- N99.12Postprocedural urethral stricture, female